Two New Orleans Police Department officers who NOPD arrested in separate incidents on Sunday (Sept. 9) are each accused of driving an unmarked police car drunk while off duty and then crashing it, the department said. In one of the crashes, a motorcyclist was struck and seriously injured.

Brandon Scruggs, 33, a senior police officer, is accused of running a red light while drunk before striking the motorcyclist. He faces charges of reckless operation of a vehicle and a felony charge of first-degree vehicular negligent injuring, court records show. Tonishia Goodwin, 32, a senior police officer, is accused of crashing into another car. No one was injured in the crash. She faces a DWI charge and was cited for following too close, records show.

Lawyer Donovan Liviccari, attorney for the New Orleans branch of the Fraternal Order of Police, said he is representing both Scruggs and Goodwin. Liviccari said Monday he did not have much information about the cases, but noted "everyone is presumed innocent until proven otherwise."

Both Scruggs and Goodwin are assigned to the child abuse unit in the special victim's section, said Gary Scheets, a spokesman for the department. Both officers has also been placed on emergency suspension, he said.

NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison issued a statement Monday afternoon stating the department is investigating to determine what disciplinary action to take against Scruggs and Goodwin.

"The NOPD does not tolerate this type of behavior from our officers whether they are on or off-duty," Harrison said. "Not only is it against the law, but drinking alcohol while using a city-owned vehicle is a violation of the public trust the citizens of New Orleans have placed in those who work for the NOPD."

A NOPD roster from June says Scruggs first joined NOPD in 2010 and was rehired in 2014. The roster states Goodwin joined NOPD in March 2009.

Scheets said NOPD's Public Integrity Bureau, which handles internal investigations, was notified about 8:10 p.m. about the crash involving Scruggs at the edge of Gentilly's St. Anthony and Milneburg neighborhoods. Scruggs was off duty and driving an unmarked NOPD unit when the vehicle struck a motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was struck as Scruggs crossed eastbound on Robert E. Lee Boulevard and Elysian Fields Avenue, "while disregarding a red light," the department said.

After a sobriety test, police found Scruggs to be over the legal blood alcohol limit to drive, NOPD said.

The motorcyclist was listed in critical condition when EMS transported the person to a trauma center Sunday, New Orleans EMS spokesman Lt. Johnathan Fourcade said. The person's condition as of Monday was not immediately clear.

Louisiana's first-degree vehicular negligent injuring law applies when "serious bodily injury" is caused by another person's operation of a vehicle while legally drunk or otherwise under the influence. The law defines serious bodily injury as involving "unconsciousness, extreme physical pain or protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ or a mental faculty, or a substantial risk of death."

Scruggs was arrested Sunday but not booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail until about 4:25 a.m. Monday, court records show. Records show Orleans Criminal District Judge Franz Zibilich set bond for Scruggs on Monday, though records do not state the bond amount. Scruggs was released from jail shortly before 10:40 a.m. Monday.

Earlier on Sunday, NOPD internal investigators were called to the crash involving Goodwin about 3:05 p.m., the department said. The crash occurred in the Central Business District near the intersection of Rampart and Girod streets, when the unmarked police car Goodwin was driving struck the back of another vehicle, the department said. No injuries were reported.

A sobriety test showed Goodwin was over the legal blood alcohol limit, police said, and she was booked with the charges.

Goodwin was released from jail sometime before mid-morning Monday. It was not clear who set Goodwin's bond or what amount she was ordered to pay for her release.

It was not immediately clear why Scruggs and Goodwin had unmarked vehicles while off-duty. NOPD's take-home vehicle policy allows officers to use their assigned take-home vehicles to drive to and from on-duty shifts, for approved off-duty detail jobs and "for limited personal use." The policy, which was updated in April, defines limited personal use as errands outside the scope of city business, if they're conducted to or from an on-duty assignment "without significant deviation."

Officers arrested for "driving under the influence" while operating a city-owned vehicle lose their take-home vehicle privileges for "no less than a year," the policy states. The policy notes officers arrested for driving under the influence could also face "possible suspension and/or termination."

Off-duty use of a take-home vehicle is not covered by the city's insurance program, the policy says. Suspended officers cannot have access to a take-home vehicle, according to the policy.

The alcohol-related arrests of the two NOPD officers on Sunday follows the firing of two other officers who NOPD arrested in July after, according to a police report, the off-duty rookie officers allegedly beat up another men outside a bar. The bartender at the Mid-City Yacht Club, where the confrontation started, told Public Integrity Bureau investigators each had been served 5 liquor shots, and between two and five beers before the fight that led to the officers' arrests. Sutton told detectives he and Galman drank less than that -- two or three drinks, each, according to the report.